CHIP - Community Healthcare Information Partnership - Your guide to healthcare information at Maine's Curtis Memorial Hospital, Mid Coast Hospital and Parkview Adventist Medical Center
   

Health Information Highlights
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Current Highlight On:
Heart Disease & Women

 

CHIP Heart Health Ad

To learn more about how you can reduce your risk of heart disease,

visit the American Heart Association website at:

http://www.americanheart.org

            • take a quiz to assess your risk for a heart attack or stroke,
            • find tips for lifestyle changes.
            • learn how to understand the "numbers" on your blood pressure,
            • understand the results of cholesterol tests.

 

Heart Disease is the No. 1 Killer of Women

visit the "Go Red for Women" website to learn more:

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3017091

 


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Colon Screening Saves Lives
Depression & Mental Health
Diabetes Prevention
Diabetes Risk Factors
Eat Your Fruit & Veggies for Health
Exercise & Fitness Resources
Heart Disease & Women
Low Vision Awareness
Lyme Disease
MEDICARE PLAN D in Maine
MedlinePlus & Online Health Information
Mind, Body & Emotion: Classes & Support Groups
National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month
National Hospital Week
National Men's Health Week
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
ONLINE DATABASES - HEALTH & MEDICINE
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS
Quitting Smoking
Skin Cancer Prevention
Current highlight
Local Resources:
Adult Heartsaver-Basic (class!)
American Heart Journal (print journal)
American Red Cross Mid Coast Chapter
American Red Cross Mid Coast Chapter - classes (class!)
Blood Pressure Clinics
 
Cardiac Rehabilitation (class!)
Cardiac Rehabilitation Lecture Series (class!)
Chest (print journal)
Circulation (print journal)
Curtis Memorial Library catalog search
 
Harvard Heart Letter (print journal)
Health Care Provider-Professional CPR (class!)
Heart & Lung (print journal)
Infant Child Safety and CPR Course (class!)
Journal of Cardiac Failure (print journal)
 
Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (print journal)
Parkview's Lifestyle Choices, A Program for Living Well (class!)
Parkview's Lose it for Life Program (class!)
Parkview's Personal Wellness Profile (class!)
Pediatric CPR
 
Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy Supervised Exercise Step Down Program (class!)
Stroke (print journal)